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I remember, not so long ago, the "Minnesota IPM Varroa Card" with a
statistical sample built into the card in the form of a partial
checkerboard. Just count the mites on the white squares.... then oops - the
statistics were wrong, so buy a NEW card with a slightly different
checkerboard.
Then we were told that "IPM" included annual rotation between Apistan and
Check-Mite. The unintended consequences were embarrassing.
Then, a few beekeepers claimed that powdered sugar was a good "IPM" approach
despite the obvious lack of efficacy in the brood cell... then, nope,
"powdered sugar AND drone comb"... then, "dump and brush multiple times per
week"... walking backwards ad nauseum.
But here is some **current** IPM, from Cornell
On the "zoom" teleconferencing system:
https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FwNfRD6pRgWgHArjghWvYg
...and, as the URL above looks like someone repeatedly banged their face on
the keyboard, below is the line-wrap-proof "tinyurl".
https://tinyurl.com/r5qdf8w
The only integrated pest management tactic in all of beekeeping that has
remained consistently useful over the decades is the advice to build a very
tight terrarium, and use scrapped brood comb to raise wax moth larvae for
the fishing season.
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